10 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait A - Angel of the North (2018–2019)

One row for each year the 10 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait – A - Angel of the North was struck. Prices are medians of verified sold listings matched to that year from the listing: circulated is worn condition up to Extremely Fine, uncirculated is About Uncirculated or better. A count in brackets means fewer than three sales behind the figure; a grey figure marked "type" is the median across every year, shown where that year has no sale of its own yet. Most types have been searched year by year only since October 2026, so later years are still filling in. Use the grade table below for a price by condition across all years.

About the 2018 10 Pence - Elizabeth II – A - Angel of the North

The 2018 10 Pence - Elizabeth II – A - Angel of the North is a circulating 10 pence coin issued from 2018 to 2019, struck in nickel plated steel. It weighs 6.5g and measures 24.5mm across. Reverse design: The Angel of the North alongside the letter ‘A’.

Mintage figures are recorded for 2 years between 2018 and 2019, 304,000 coins in all. 2019 is the scarcest date, with 84,000 struck.

Common questions

History and design

In March 2018 the Royal Mint issued 26 different 10p coins, one for each letter of the alphabet, under the title The Great British Coin Hunt: Quintessentially British A to Z. The series was revealed on 1 March 2018 and the coins went into general circulation that month. Change Checker describes them as the first commemorative UK 10p coins.

The letter A coin shows the Angel of the North. The Royal Mint's circulating figures give 220,000 for the 2018 date, the same as every other letter that year. The series was struck again in 2019 in smaller numbers, with 84,000 of the A coin, bringing the total across both dates to 304,000.

For comparison, the Royal Mint lists 33,300,000 ordinary 10p coins dated 2017. In 2018 and 2019 it recorded no standard 10p for circulation at all, so the A to Z coins were the only circulating 10p pieces of those two dates.

The reverse shows the Angel of the North beside a large letter A. The sculpture, by Antony Gormley, stands at the entrance to the North East of England, and the Royal Mint records that its wings were spread on 16 February 1998. The Mint describes it as the largest sculpture in the UK, made of weather-resistant steel and weighing about 200 tonnes.

The Royal Mint credits the reverse to The Royal Mint Team. The obverse carries the fifth portrait of Elizabeth II by Jody Clark, with the denomination and date. The coin is nickel-plated steel, the alloy used for the 10p since January 2012, and has a milled edge.

Collecting notes

Check the date first. The design is identical on both issues, so the date on the obverse is the only way to tell the 220,000 coin of 2018 from the 84,000 coin of 2019. In the 2019 series most letters share the 84,000 figure, so the A coin of that date is typical of its year. Five letters (Q, R, W, Y and Z) were lower still.

The Royal Mint also sold the coin directly to collectors in uncirculated condition, singly and in sets of all 26 letters, and as a sterling silver proof dated 2018. The silver proof has the same design, weight and diameter as the circulating coin. Sister coins in the series include B, James Bond and Z, Zebra Crossing.